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According to Capila,* as he is interpreted by his scholiast, there is inter- 

 mediately a corporeal frame composed of the five elements, but tenuous or 

 refined. It is termed anusht'hdna sarira, and is the vehicle of the subtile 

 person. 



It is this, rather than the subtile person itself, which in Patanjali's Yoga 

 sdstra is conceived to extend, like the flame of a lamp over its wick, to a 

 small distance above the skull. 



The corporeal creation (Jbhaiitica-sarga), consisting of souls invested 

 with gross bodies, comprises eight orders of superior beings, and five of 

 inferior; which, together with man, who forms a class apart, constitute 

 fourteen orders of beings, distributed in three worlds, or classes. 



The eight superior orders of beings bear appellations familiar to Hindu 

 theology : Brahma, Prajdpatis, Indras, Pitris, Gand'harvas, Yacshas, Rdc- 

 s/iasas, and Pisdchas ; gods or demi-gods, demons and evil spirits. 



The inferior orders of beings are quadrupeds, distinguished in two orders; 

 birds ; reptiles, fishes, and insects ; vegetables and unorganic substances. 



Above is the abode of goodness, peopled by beings of superior orders ; 

 virtue prevails there, and consequent bhss, imperfect however, inasmuch as 

 it is transient. Beneath is the abode of darkness or illusion, where beings 

 of an inferior order dwell ; stolidity or dulness is there prevalent. Between 

 is the human world, where foulness or passion predominates, attended with 

 continual misery. 



Throughout these worlds, sentient soul experiences ill arising from decay 

 and death, until it be finally liberated from its union with person. 



Besides the grosser corporeal creation and the subtile or personal, all 

 belonging to the material world, the Sdnc'hya distinguishes an intellectual 

 creation {pratyaya-sarga or bhdva-sarga) ; consisting of the aflTections of 

 intellect, its sentiments or faculties, which are enumerated in four classes, 

 as obstructing, disabling, contenting, or perfecting the understanding ; and 

 amount to fifty. 



Obstructions of the intellect are error, conceit, passion, hatred, fear : 

 which are severally denominated obscurity, illusion, extreme illusion, gloom, 

 and utter darkness. These again are subdivided into sixty-two sorts : error 

 comprising eight species ; illusion, as many ; extreme illusion, ten ; gloom, 

 eighteen ; and utter darkness, the same number. 



* Car. 3. 10. 11. 



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